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Sweco, A Business Unit of M-I LLC, has announced the opening of a new North American test facility for its Ecutec business unit. Located in Florence, Kentucky, the 1000-sq-ft laboratory will be used to conduct milling, classification, and coating trials on fine and ultrafine particles.
This new...

Atlas Copco Compressors LLC has announced four one-day Compressed Air Energy Saving Seminars to be held in early 2009 at four locations across the U.S. The seminars teach energy savings techniques and technologies for managers responsible for maintenance, plants, facilities, energy reduction,...

Malvern Instruments has begun a new series of its popular Web-based laser diffraction master classes. With participation free of charge, these live events are delivered as a service to all users of laser diffraction particle sizing systems and aim to provide support from basic principles to...

Paul K. Whitcraft, director of quality, safety and engineering at Rolled Alloys Inc., Temperance, Michigan, has been elected chairman of the 2009 ASTM International board of directors.
Since 1975, Whitcraft has been active in several...

Honeywell has announced the appointment of Norman “Norm” Gilsdorf as president of Honeywell Process Solutions. Gilsdorf was formerly vice president and general manager of the Process Solutions business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). He replaces Jack Bolick, who retired from...

Leistritz has just completed a significant expansion of its New Jersey twin screw extrusion process laboratory in Somerville by adding a controlled environment room (temperature and dew point) for developing products for the plastics, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.
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New pilot-scale research in the Pharmacy Department of the National University of Singapore is demonstrating the value of the Insitec in-line particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments for monitoring and control of spray drying processes. Process Analytical Technology (PAT) options, such as...

World demand for packaging machinery is forecast to grow 5.2% annually through 2012 to almost $40 billion. Product sales will be spurred by rising economic output and improved standards of living, resulting in increased consumer spending, manufacturing activity, and associated packaging equipment...

Illinois Tool Works Inc. today announced it has acquired the GSE Scale Systems product line from SPX Corp. A global leader in programmable weight indicators and scales, GSE Scale Systems will become a business unit of ITW and part of the company's Test and Measurement group, where it will join with...

The 2009 TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Summit (Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions) will be held April 28-30 in Columbus, Ohio. The event will include the two-day Consumer Packaging Solutions for Barrier Performance Course and the Symposium on Nanomaterials for Flexible...